The History of Literary Criticism

A. C. Bradley action activity aesthetic ancient appears approach argues arises Aristophanes Aristotelian Aristotle Arnold artist beauty Ben Jonson character classical Coleridge comedy concept creative critical theory criticism Croce delight diction distinction drama dramatist Dryden Eliot embodied emotion emphasised epic epic poetry Essay Euripides evokes experience expression fancy feeling function genius gives Greek hamartia harmony Hegel Homer ideal ideas images imagination imitation intuition Johnson judgment kind L. A. Reid language literary literature Longinus lyric meaning method metre mind moral neoclassical neoclassicist object observes passion philosophical Plato play pleasure plot poem poet poet's poetic poetic diction poetry Pope present principle problem Quintilian reader reality reason refers rejects relation reveals rhetoric rhythm rules says sense Shakespeare Shelley Sidney soul speaks spirit style sublime symbol symbolists taste theory things thought tion tragedy true truth unity universal verse whole words Wordsworth write